North Wales Coast West League

Premier Division Cup Semi-Final

Friday 23rd May 2025

Kick Off 18.30 On Time!

C.P.D. Penrhyndeudraeth 2 C.P.D. Llanberis 4, attendance 115

18’ 0-1

33’ 1-1

49’ 1-2

57’ 1-3

77’ 2-3

90’ + 6, 2-4

@ Maes Y Parc

A487 East

Penrhyndeudraeth

LL48 6LS

£3 Admission

No Programme.

An easy 40 minute drive down the coast saw me arrive in Porthmadog, where I was staying overnight and from there it was just a ten minute drive east to Penrhyndeudraeth, with the ground on the left hand side of the A487 as you head eastwards out of the village towards Dolgellau. The pitch is fully railed (parts of the rail behind the far goal are at chin height, so no good for leaning on) and there’s a seated kit stand behind the near goal, butted up to the corner, while there’s hard standing at one end and along one touchline and a pair of dugouts on the far side. There was a tea bar that was also doing hot dogs in the way of hot food.

As far as final league positions went, this was 7th versus 6th in the league table, with the winners of tonight’s game facing either Cemaes Bay or Mynydd Llandegai who were playing in the other semi final, which was also tonight. Llanberis, sadly minus the Locomotive prefix these days, went ahead after eighteen minutes, when an initial save by the ‘keeper was followed in from close range. Penrhyndeudraeth levelled just after the half hour mark, when a through ball sent a player clear and he cut inside onto his right foot and shot low inside the naer post. Four minutes into the second half the visitors went back in front, heading in at the far post from a corner on the right.Eight minutes later they increased their lead, when a ball into the box was touched in at the near post, possibly off a defender, which saw them go 1-3 up. With thirteen minutes left, a cross in from the right was forced in to pull it back to 2-3, with Penrhyndeudraeth pushing hard for an equaliser. I’d spoken to the Referee at halftime and he’d confirmed it would be extra time if the scores were level, rather than straight to penalties, which he thought might be a problem, with it being very dull and it rained for most of the match, which was a disappointing end to the day, having been glorious up until about an hour before kick off. Five minutes into stoppage time someone in the home dugout received a red card and a minute later Llanberis made the game safe, making it 2-4 after cutting in from the left and playing a ball across the face of the goal that was finished into the far corner. At least we wouldn’t be going to extra time, which was a relief, as the midges were absolutely relentless during the second half, making it very unpleasant as a spectator and it didn’t look much better for the players. A minute after the goal there was a red card for a home player, after he followed through on a defender, who’d just hacked the ball clear. Seconds later, at 20.26, the Referee blew the final whistle and ten minutes later, I was back at the hotel, by which time the rain was coming down much harder.